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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1899
Page
2
The Daily Eagle urges patronizing home industries to keep money circulating and ease debts. It notes Texas leads in cotton and cattle, with plans to expand cot ton seed products, spin more cotton, and use cotton stalks for pulp and related goods. An Echo report references a push to make boxes, water buckets, and ceilings from cotton stalk pulp.
Lodger names include K E Womack Houston M H Armistead Houston E C Hawkins Toledo W E Harris City Jas Rankin Dallas A B Laird Dallas Richard Knight Dallas W C Gilmore City D Mahoney Austin W J Moore Myers John N Henderson Austin Billy Bell Pitte Bridge Gee W Norrell Houston E C Shaw Philadelphia Lost oil reservoir of bicycle lantern near the compress. Return to this office. 206
A bachelor uncle babysits and notes the baby’s antics over one hour. The list includes yelling, hair-pulling, wallpaper decorating with a poker, breaking a vase, swallowing buttons, dumping a workbasket, scratching the cat, damaging a wax doll, collapsing vases, breaking window panes, falling into the coal scuttle, setting the carpet on fire, hiding under the sofa for jam, tangling with a chair, pouring milk into slippers, and a nose bleed on a tumble from the steps. The uncle remains hopeful about the child’s future.
A folktale about a man who trades his soul for endless money and finds salvation after starting a newspaper. The piece includes a secondary tale of William H. Woodhead’s gray cat Peter, trapped by a fox in a snowbound yard, with both cat and fox showing signs of struggle.
Washington reports the United States will not object if Spain pays Aguinaldo 3 million dollars or any amount for the ransom of Spanish prisoners held by insurgents when the treaty was signed. The State Department says accord with Spain precludes resistance and notes difficulty in releasing prisoners. Navy efforts to guard the island and halt smuggling of war supplies continue.
A blaze at 2-story frame buildings on Pacific avenue in Dallas kills Mrs. A B Farnham and her 11 year old son. The fire destroys three adjacent boarding houses owned by Barnett Gibbs as victims are removed from 488 and 436 440. Other items cover Independence Kansas girls clubs vows and railroad paycar changes.
Evansville Indiana reports July 29 to August Mattingly Pearl Cheaney and Marion Onanya, all young people, drowned in the Ohio river while three companions narrowly escaped.
In Tacoma on July 29 the Great Northern announced the dismissal of its Japanese laborers. Union pressure from Montana demands white labor be employed, citing poor performance.
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